Earthquake Memorial, Park Island

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About this object

The common burial site at the cemetery at Park Island for some of those killed as a result of the 1931 Earthquake. A memorial was erected in 1932, designed by Louis Hay.

Maker

George Thomas

Production place

Masterton/North Island/New Zealand

Production period

1930s/20th Century

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 65 x 108mm

Signature/Inscription

Saunders Prints 88 Queen Street Masterton, Stamp, Ink
Memorial to earthquake victims 134 buried in this grave, Inscription, Handwritten
/13, Inscription, Handwritten

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

James Augustus Louis Hay; 14 Jan 1881; 04 Feb 1948

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

gifted by Philippa Morris

Other number(s)

2021/7/13, 98964

Accession number

2021/7/13

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Place made

Masterton North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Poraiti Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Archive classification Memorials Public Places Memorial Death Community and people

Subject auto tags

Sky Plant Tree Building Tints and shades Window Landscape Tower History Paper product

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